This book examines the challenges in developmental assessment of infants and toddlers and
provides best practices for implementing standardized assessments in early intervention
settings. It starts with an overview of standardized assessment practices and discusses how
specific tools can be used in early intervention for different purposes (e.g. eligibility for
services). The book explains the importance of the Fidelity of Implementation of Assessment
(FOI-A) approach in creating standardized assessment for infants and toddlers. Chapters provide
a checklist-based framework for FOI-A with details on technological supports for test
administration and data collection as well as training and supervision models. In addition
chapters discuss ways of engaging families gaining their trust and including them in their
children's educational planning.Topics featured in this book include:The Battelle Development
Inventory 2nd Edition (BDI-2) and its use in the assessment of young children. Using
checklists to improve fidelity of implementation for standardized assessments.Using checklists
to support early intervention directors and teams.How to provide feedback to early
interventionists and other professionals on FOI-A.Recommendations to improve FOI-A.Fidelity of
Implementation in Assessment of Infants and Toddlers is a must-have resource for researchers
clinicians and related professionals and graduate students in varied fields including child
and school psychology pediatrics social work behavioral therapy infant and early childhood
development and early education and care.
